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| Title: | | Power to the people? The impact of decentralization on governance  |
| Authors: | | Dreher, Axel |
| Issue Date: | | 2006 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Arbeitspapiere // Konjunkturforschungsstelle, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich 121 |
| Abstract: | | The paper analyzes the impact of decentralization on governance employing four indicators of governance and five measures of decentralization. Depending on data availability, crosssections for a maximum of 129 countries are estimated. Results for a panel of about 70 countries over the period 1984-2001 are also presented. The results show that decentralization - measured as the share of sub-national employment, revenues or, respectively, expenditures - improves governance. This is particularly true for low income countries but - depending on the indicator employed - to some extent for high income countries also. However, the number of sub-national government tiers exerts a negative impact on some dimensions of governance. |
| Subjects: | | Decentralization Governance Legal Quality Judicial Independence Federalism Institutions |
| JEL: | | H40 H71 H72 H77 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | doi:10.3929/ethz-a-005118157 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | KOF Working Papers, KOF Konjunkturforschungsstelle, ETH Zürich
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